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How can I install Shrew Soft VPN Client under Ubuntu 12.10?

Someone is trying to install ike packages on Ubuntu 12.10. This does not work at present because the packages were removed after 12.04.

How do you install Shrew Soft VPN Client (ike) under Ubuntu 12.10?

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Install Shrew Soft VPN Client on Ubuntu

Note. If you already have a working Shrew Soft VPN client, use the "export" function to export configuration settings. This file can be easily imported when a new version is up and running.

Step 1: download the plugin package Download the latest linux schrew soft vpn software package: http://www.shrew.net/download/ike

 cd /usr/local/src ; sudo wget https://www.shrew.net/download/ike/ike-2.2.1-release.tbz2

As of July 17, 2016, the latest ike-2.2.1-release.tgz

This is the latest stable version and works great as far as I can tell.

Step 2: untar package Extract this to the directory and navigate to the created folder named ike

 sudo tar jxpvf ike-2.2.1-release.tbz2 ; cd ike

Step 3: install the dependencies You will need these dependencies to compile ike (aka shrewsoft):

  • checkinstall: sudo apt-get install checkinstall
  • cmake: sudo apt-get install cmake
  • libedit: sudo apt-get install libedit-dev
  • libssl-dev: sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
  • qt4: sudo apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-dev libqt4-gui

all in one command for all dependencies:

 apt-get install cmake libqt4-core libqt4-dev libqt4-gui libedit-dev libssl-dev checkinstall

Step 4: prepare for installation, run the following command:

 cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DQTGUI=YES -DETCDIR=/etc -DNATT=YES /usr/local/src/ike

Step 5: install the application using this checkinstall

checkinstall will compile and then install ike, then it will track installed files and convert them to installed .deb

 sudo checkinstall -y

Step 6: configure the soft daemon

 sudo cp /usr/local/src/ike/source/iked/iked.conf.sample /etc/iked.conf

Step 7: launch demo soft demon

 sudo iked

Step 8: Launch the GUI

 sudo qikea

Step 9: use the import function or configure a new connection

Step 10: you can also remove ike now with checkinstall

If necessary, in the future you can now completely remove the program from your system:

 dpkg -r ike

You are done!

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One solution is to compile the package by source. This is tricky because you need QT3 packages.

You can also download the three required packages from the exact Ubuntu 12.04 and install them in that order:

  • libqt3-mt_3.3.8-b-8ubuntu3_amd64.deb

  • ike_2.1.7 + DFSG-1.1_amd64.deb

  • IKE-qtgui_2.1.7 + DFSG-1.1_amd64.deb

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